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HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1912.

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HINGE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1912.

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CHESLEY 'I'. J. GILES, OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 27, 1913.

Application filed July 26, 1912. Serial No. 711,672.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OHEsLnY T. J. GILES, acitizen of the United States, residing at Grecnville, in the county ofGrecnville and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hinges; and I dodeclare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in. the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in hinges.

One object of the, invention is to provide a, hinge which isparticularly adapted for supporting blinds or shutters and in which thestationary member and the movable or blind members are reversible andmay be used for both the right and left hand blinds.

Another object is to provide a hinge of this character having animproved means for, locking the same and the blind in an open position.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists of certain novel featuresof construction, and thecombination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a portionof a blind and the adjacent side of a building showing my improved upperand lower hinge members applied thereto, theblind being shown in closedposition; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lower hinge; Fig. 3 is afront view thereof showing the position of the hinge members when theblind is open, parts of the blind member of the hinge being broken awayand in section; Fig. 4: is a horizontal section of the lower hinge withthe parts as shown in Fig. 3 taken immediately above the supportingplate of the stationary member of the hinge; Fig. 5 is a rearperspective view of the blind member of the lower hinge; Fig. 6 is ahorizontal section of the same; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of thestationary member of the hinge which member is the same for both theupper and lower hinges; Fig. 8 is'a plan view of the blank from whichthe lower'blind member of the hinge is formed; Fig. 9 is a similar viewof the blank from which the stationary member of the hinge is formed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the upper hingeand 2 denotes, the lower hinge of the blind, shutter or other object.The lower hinge 2v comprises a blind member 8 formed from a sheet metalblank and. consisting of an attaching plate 4 whichv may be plain orornae mental and of any suitable shape, said plate being here shown asof square or rectangular form and as. having therein screw holes 5 to.receive the screws for fastening said member tothe blind. On the outeredge of the plate 4 is formed a centrally disposed neck 6 which is bentoutwardly at right angles a short distance from the outer edge of theplate 4 and has on its outer end a tubular cylindrical head 7 which isformed integral with the neck and extends a con siderable distance aboveand below thevupper and lower edges of the neck to. form a double endedpintle. The head or pintle 7 is formed by extending the outer end of.the

neck and increasing the width of said extension, said widened andextended part of the neck being bent in-tubular cylindrical form asshown toprovide the pintles for engaging the stationary member of thehinge.

hereinafter described. The central portion. of the extension of the neckis farther extended as at S and when the pintle or head is formed, saidportion 8 isadapted to fit.

iclosely against the inner side of the neck 6 as shown. On the upper andlower edges of the portion. 8 of the extension are right an gularoutwardly bent bearing lugs 9 which engage or take over the upper andlower edges of the neck and project beyond the outer side of the latterfor a purpose here'- inafter described. The extended parts of the neckwhich form the. head or pintle are notched above and below the partSofthe extension whereby when the head is formed the notches providerectangular openings 10 on the inner sides of the head as shown.

I On the opposite or inner edge of the plate 4 is formed a lockingextension 11 which is bent outwardly to a suitable angle and is providedwith rectangular locking apertures 12 which are adapted to be engagedwith a suitable locking mechanism on the stationary member of the hingeas will be hereinafter more fully described. I

The stationary member 20 of the hinge is the same for both the upper andlower blind members and may be reversed and used to support either theright or left hand blind.

The stationary member 20 is also preferably formed from a sheet metalblank cut or stamped in the shape shown in Figa9-of the drawings, andbeing bent or doubled upon itself midway between its ends to form asupporting plate 21. The ends of the blank are bent at right angles inopposite directions at the inner edge of the supporting plate to formattaching flanges 22 having screw holes adapted to receive fasteningscrews whereby said member is secured to the window frame, or other partof the building to which the blinds are applied. The supporting plate 1has its inner end rounded and projecting a slight distance beyond theinner ends of the flanges 22 and on the outer edge of the projectingrounded end is formed a shoulder or offset 23. In the rounded end of theplate 21 is also formed a substantially D-shaped aperture or pivot hole2% with which is adapted to be engaged one or the other of the ends ofthe pintles of the blind members forming the companion of the stationarymember. At the opposite or outer end of the plate 21 is formed a hook orcatch lug 25 the forward or outer surface of which is rounded or beveledand terminates at its outer end back from the outer edge of the platethereby forming a shoulder or offset 26 which corresponds with theshoulder 23 at the opposite end of the plate. In forming the hook orcatch lug 25 this end of the plate is formed on an angle from theflanged inner edge of the plate inwardly toward the outer edge thereofas shown. In the outer edge 7 of the plate 21 intermediate its ends isformed a notch or recess 27 whereby said plate is made more ornamentaland a saving of metal is provided-- In assembling the parts of thehinges the house or stationary members and the upper and lower blindmembers are secured in their proper relative positions to the windowframe of the building and to the blind after which the lower ends of thepintles are engaged with the apertures 24: in the ends of theirrespective co-acting stationary members in which position the lugs 9 onthe lower blind members of the hinges will engage and rest on therounded extended ends of the plates 21 of the stationary members asshown. When the pintles of the blind members have been engaged with theD- shaped apertures in the supporting plates of the stationary membersof the hinge, the shoulders formed by the openings 10 in the pintles ofthe lower hinge members will engage the under sides of the supportingplates 21 thus preventing the blind from being lifted and the blindmembers therein disengaged from the stationary blind members except whenthe blinds are swung to a half way open position wherein theopenings 10which form the notches in the pintles will be in line with the longestdimension of the aperture 24 at which time the blind may be raised andthe pintles of the hinge member disengaged from the apertures in thesupporting plate 21. As soon as the blind is swung to either an open orclosed position the notches formed by the openings 10 in the pintleswill be brought crosswise or transverse to the longest dimension of theaperture in the plate 21 and in line with the shortest dimension whichwill cause either the inner or outer end of the aperture to engage thenotch formed by the openings 10 in the pintle, thus preventing thedisengagement of the lower blind member from its stationary member untilthe blind is again swung to a half way open position as described. Thenotches or recesses formed by the openings 10 in the end of the pintleof the lower blind member also provide space to permit the lower end ofthe blind and the lower blind member to be shifted to a slight extentfor engaging and disengaging the locking apertures 12 in the extension11 of said lower hinge member with and from the hooks or catch lugs 25on the outer ends of the plates 21 of the stationary hinge members. Whenthe locking apertures 12 are engaged with the catch lugs or hooks 25,the weight or downward pull of the blind will securely hold the lowerblind member of the hinge in locked engagement with the stationarymember until the blind is shifted to a sufficient extent to disengagethe locked parts of the hinge.

Having thus described my what I claim is;

l. A hinge comprising a reversible stationary member, a removable membercomprising an attaching plate having on one edge a reduced neck providedon its outer end with an extension projecting above and below the neck,said extension being bent to form a tubular cylindrical head ordouinvention,

'ble ended pintle, and a neck engaging portion formed on said extensionof the neck and adapted to be engaged with the inner side of the latterwhen said pintle is formed and bearing lugs formed on said neck engagingplate of the extension and adapted to fit over the upper and lower edgesof the neck and to rest on said stationary member of the hinge when theend of the pintle of the movable member of the hinge is engaged withsaid stationary member. I

2. In a hinge, a stationary member and a movable member, said stationarymember comprising a plate bent or folded upon itself to form asupporting plate having its inner ends bent in opposite directions atright angles to the plate and having in one end a substantially D-shapedaperture and a double ended pintle formed on said movable member of thehinge the latter having a reduced neck, and bearing lugs formed on thesame and adapted to fit over the upper and lower edges of said neck,said ends of 'the pintle being adapted to be engaged with said aperturein the supporting plate of the stationary member whereby said membersare pivotally connected together and whereby the same may be reversed tobe used in both right and left hand positions.

3. In a hinge, a stationary member and a movable member, said stationarymember comprising a plate folded upon itself midway between its ends toprovide a supporting plate having its inner edges bent at right anglesto form attaching flanges and having one end extended beyond saidflanges and rounded, said extended end having therein a substantiallyD-shaped passage, a catch lug formed on the outer end of said supportingplate, tubular pintles formed on said movable member of the hinge andhaving in one side thereof, notches whereby the pintle when engaged withthe aperture in the supporting plate of the stationary member of thehinge is permitted to be shifted to a slight extent, a locking extensionon the opposite end of the movable member of the hinge, said extensionhaving therein lock- GHESLEY T; J. GILES. WVitnesses:

T. K. EARLE, N. H. KNIGHT.

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